I don't tend to like swimming with masses of people, but luckily Fürthermare is large and boasts…read moremany different things for people to do. First of all I visited this swimming pool during the summer holidays during 20°C weather with light rain, so my review will be of that experience. It is a great alternative to Palm Beach in Stein, as that place is usually packed to the max! The selection of pools is amazing here. There is an exterior pool, interior fun pool, a children's play area, 4 warm mineral baths, 1 cold mineral bath and 1 exterior mineral bath. The price of 12€ for 4 hours is more than satisfactory for the amount of things you can do. Luckily during my visit it wasn't very packed. 2 steam baths are also available. I added an extra 1.50€ to enter the "solegrotte" which is a high salt/mineral water located underneath the "Therme" area. That water made a lot of spots on my body feel weird, yet cleansing. Fürthermare features 3 slides each color coded on intensity, green, yellow and red. After riding on all of them clearly there is a slide for every type of person. Adrenaline speed lovers should ride the red one! The food selection at Fürthermare is very nice for the fact that it is a pool and the prices aren't astronomical. I paid approx. 7€ for a large portion of Spaghetti bolognese and it filled me up completely! Drinks are pretty expensive though so I suggest taking your own bottled water. The pool water quality is good, as far as pool water can go. No excessive waste in the water (bandages, skin flakes, etc.). Changing rooms are very well designed and a lot of locker space available! The locale also offers a sauna which I did not participate in. All the pools have special features, from water jets to bubble massages and waterfalls. All in all the experience was great! I had a lot of fun at Fürthermare and I will gladly return again for a refreshing swim!

We enjoyed our hike around the entire lake (Rundweg Kleiner Brombachsee, about 5.5 miles to circle…read moreback to your beginning point) on this very pretty autumn day--air was brisk, leaves were very pretty at places (photos) and being near quiet waters always calms my soul. Brombachsee is one of the lakes in the Fränkisches Seenland, and perhaps it's the best one. We saw many bikers, hikers, walkers with dogs and even some four-wheel (side by side bike contraption with a roof) carriages along this circle route around the lake. We didn't observe a lot of wild life per se, but there were some on the lake. I think I even saw a large owl flying away in the woods. Does one swan make this lake a "swan lake"? Obviously it's past the busy season now, and it seemed a little desolate, but a café and a biergarten were open. There were many swimming beaches along the way, so I imagine during the warm season (typically only for a couple of weeks in Germany) this would be a great lake-swimming location. Also, there was Wakepark in one of the coves where you can enjoy riding wakeboards being pulled by a leash with some jumping stands. I didn't pay attention to the price posting. It looked very cold with air temperature of only about 46F, so it probably would be better during summer time. I imagine it'll be very crowded then. There were plenty of parking spaces available near the biergarten/camp ground. All-day parking is 5€ there.